Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, addressed a conference in view of the May 15 UN's International Day of Families.

Caritas Internationalis will launch its 21st General Assembly with the theme “One Human Family, One Common Home” on 23rd May 2019 with a strong call to work together to face the unprecedented scale of difficulties facing humanity.
“We are driven by our collective belief that we are part of one human family, sharing one common home,” says Caritas’ President, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.

Kenya’s Bishop of Lodwar, Dominic Kimengich, whose diocese is hosting more than 200 000 refugees from South Sudan, has called on South Sudanese leaders and their people to heed Pope Francis’ call for lasting peace in their country.